480 AECTIAD^E. 



discoidal spot ; the postmedial line very strongly bent outwards 

 below costa, then oblique and highly dentate ; a curved subterminal 

 series of points ; the costal area beyond the postmedial line and 

 termen orange-yellow. 



Hob. Amur, type f lutea in Coll. Staudinger ; Japaist {Jonas), 

 2 d', 1 5 type, Tokio (Fenton) 2 5, Nikko (Leiuis) 1 $. Exjy. 

 22-24 millim. 



1019. Miltochrista cardinalis, n. sp. (Plate XXXII. fig. 8.) 



Vertex of head and thorax brilliant scarlet ; palpi, frons, antennse, 

 pectus, legs, and abdomen black. Pore wing brilliant scarlet, with 

 a black streak on median nervure from origin of vein 2, widening 

 gradually to termen ; cilia black near middle. Hind wing black. 

 Underside of fore wing with the terminal area suffused with black 

 from below costa to above inner margin, interrupted by a crimson 

 streak on vein 4. 



ITab. SiKHiM, 1 c5' , 1 2 {Dudgeon) : Assam, Khasis, 1 $ . Kvp., 

 c? 20, $ 28 millim. 



1020. Miltochrista sanguinea. (Plate XXXII. fig. 2.) 



Setinochroa sanguinea, Moore, A. M. N. H. (4) xx. p. 87 (1877) ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 342. 



S - Head and thorax deep crimson ; palpi, a spot on frons, 

 antennse, pectus, and legs fuscous ; abdomen fuscous, pale crimson 

 below and at extremity. Fore wing deep crimson-red, the costa, 

 termen, cilia, and inner margin towards tornus black ; a curved 

 postmedial series of black spots. Hind wing fuscous black, with 

 diffused crimson fascise in and below cell and on inner area, and a 

 series of spots in interspaces of terminal area. Underside crimson ; 

 both wings with subterminal maculate black line. 



5 . Hind wing crimson, with diffused fuscous postmedial band. 



Hab. China, Shanghai {Fortune, Pry er, J. J. Walker), 4 c?, 1 $ , 

 type. Exp. 20 millim. 



1021. Miltochrista postnigra. (Plate XXXII. fig. 10.) 



Miltochrista fostnigra, Hmpsn. Moths Ind. ii. p. 118 (1894), 



S . Head and thorax orange-red ; frons, vertex of head, tegulse, 

 patagia, meso- and metathorax with black spots ; legs oi'ange-red ; 

 abdomen black. Fore wing orange-red ; a short oblique black 

 streak from base of costa and another on inner margin to the 

 curved antemedial line ; a medial line angled inwards to the ante- 

 medial line on median nervure ; the postmedial line arising from 

 costa at medial line, strongly excurved beyond cell and conjoined 

 by a black streak in submedian fold to the medial line, the area 

 beyond it black with slight scarlet streaks in the interspaces. Hind 

 wing black, with orange-red fascia on basal half of costa. 



Hab. SiKHiM {Pilcher), 1 cS {Knyvett), 1 (S type t in Coll, Elwos. 

 Exp. 18 millim. 



